From starting off as a website people uploaded videos for fun to what it is now, YouTube had progressed to such a stage that it is now a part of everyone’s life. Whether you’re into make up, and the latest high street fashion, or just enjoy watching people react to things, there are many different platforms that people use to make a living from, here are the three YouTubers, I think everyone should know and watch.
- Gabbie Hanna
Via Google Images. Gabbie Hanna, best known by her online persona, The Gabbie Show, started off on Vine, giving people joy for for six seconds at a time, frankly, I can watch her vines all day. Her Vine page has given her a massive 4.8 million followers and a further 3,012,270,605 Loops. Born in a small town called Newcastle in Pennsylvania, Gabbie was one of six siblings, so nothing was ever handed to her, she had to work hard for the things she wanted, this makes her very relatable to a lot of people because she had to work that extra bit harder to achieve what she wants. One of her recent videos, she voiced her opinion on the ‘All Lives Matter Vs. Black Lives Matter‘ debate, and even checked out her own ‘White Privilege’, encouraging other people to join in the conversation using the #keeptalking. making other people’s opinions heard as well as stating her own. Overall, Gabbie promotes a positive message in social media all together. You should definitely check her out.
- Lilly Singh
Via youtube.com Lilly Singh, also known by iiSuperwomanii, is a Canadian Youtube personality and phenomenon. Since launching her channel in October 2010, her videos have received over a billion views and she has accumulated herself over 9 millions subscribers, a world tour and has even given herself a new series on her channel called Girl Love, in which she promotes good vibes between other girls, and calling off girl on girl hate, spreading the message that all girls should stand together. She is also a very funny character, she has a series based on her fictional parents called Paramjeet and Manjeet, in which they react to controversial and popular videos in a comedic fashion. Lilly also sturggled with depression during her years at university, studying psychology, she used YouTube as a way to express her feelings, but now she does it full time and I’m glad she does! Make sure to check out her videos.
- Liza Koshy
Via youtube.com Elizabeth Koshy, better known by her online persona Lizzza, she is a Vine phenomenon with more than 4.8 million followers, who posts videos containing relatable content. Liza is mixed race, being half Indian and half Caucasian, after gaining a massive following on Vine, Liza made a YouTube channel, which now has more than 3 million subscribers, one video that was very influential in the way I see her today was her response to the ‘Dear Fat People’ video, in which she talked about her own issues with body image and how she sees herself, the video promotes self-worth and encourages people to love themselves how they are. Overall, she is an inspirational influence in the social media community and she makes me smile every time I watch her videos, you should check them out too.
In conclusion, these YouTubers, play massive part in empowerment for all, as well as providing a comedic element it what they do, making people happy and spreading positive vibes.
